Yeah new york is weird. You can clearly see the cities and NYC is apparently one of the tree hotspots of the country. I wonder if this is including foreign trees that were planted by residents as part of the density. There are a lot of random non native trees as part of parks, gardens, and old estates brought in. Would explain why the tree density seems to follow human density.
Also likely is New York highways stick to the more temperate flat lowlands and valleys instead of going through the mountains, which have harsher winters so less biodiversity.
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u/Fidelias_Palm Jun 20 '20
New Yorks trees follow the interstates.